Gastroenterology Consultants

Job overview

Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich / University Hospital Lewisham

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is seeking to appoint five substantive Consultant Gastroenterologists to join our ambitious and expanding Gastroenterology service across our two acute hospital sites.

These appointments reflect significant investment in Gastroenterology and Endoscopy services, including growth in Consultant workforce, expansion of endoscopy capacity, and continued development of high quality patient pathways across the Trust.

Post Opportunities

Appointments will include:

• Five Consultant posts at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

Five Consultant posts across Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, with three posts expected to be primarily aligned to Queen Elizabeth Hospital and two primarily aligned to University Hospital Lewisham, subject to service need.

Main duties of the job

• To undertake high quality diagnostic and therapeutic upper and lower GI endoscopy.
• To participate in the provision of a high quality out-patient Gastroenterology service,including patient administration
• To manage Gastroenterology in-patients
• To have a specialist interest which may include ERCP, nutrition, hepatology (including viral hepatitis), small bowel / capsule endoscopy, interventional / specialist endoscopic techniques.
• The post-holders will attend the weekly multidisciplinary meetings and weekly governance meetings.
• Active participation in the management and development of the specialty and the introduction of new service,
• Contribute to the educational program, including weekly departmental meetings and teaching.
• Act as the joint clinical supervisors for SpRs in Gastroenterology
• Participation in Pathology and Multidisciplinary Team Meeting.
• Participation in medical audit.
• Participation in the Trust consultant appraisal process.
• Comply with the requirements for Continuing Professional Development and revalidation as laid down by the Royal College of Physicians. The trust is committed to providing the time and financial support for these activities.
• A senior consultant will be nominated to each appointee to act as a mentor during the first 12 months in post

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• a.    Clinical Responsibilities

The successful applicant will undertake two gastroenterology clinics with a general profile of 12 slots (5 new and 7 follow ups) and two endoscopy sessions consisting of 12 points per AM list and 10 points per PM list. There will also be involvement in the management of in-patients and a daily rounds of the gastroenterology patients when ‘on the wards’ (shared between consultants).

The main duties and responsibilities of the post include: -

• To undertake high quality diagnostic and therapeutic upper and lower GI endoscopy
• To participate in the provision of a high quality out-patient Gastroenterology service, including patient administration
• The post-holder will attend the weekly multidisciplinary meetings and monthly governance meetings. b.    Medical Education & Teaching
• Contribute to the General Medicine educational program, including weekly departmental meetings and teaching.
• To possibly act as the joint educational and/or clinical supervisor for SpRs in Gastroenterology, and possibly other resident doctors. c.    Clinical Audit and Clinical Governance
• Attend and actively participate in the regular gastroenterology governance meetings.
• Undertake high quality audit projects and participate in the collection of data required to meet national quality standards. Under the supervision of consultants, resident doctors on the gastroenterology firms are expected to actively participate in high quality audit and present their data at national and international meetings. Resident doctors are encouraged to participate in research projects and publish case reports. The approach of the current consultants results in many of the resident doctors on the gastroenterology firm achieving at least once publication in a peer-reviewed journal or presentation at a regional or national meeting. d.    Continuing Professional Development
• Participate in continuing professional development at local and national level
• Implement audit and research findings as appropriate in clinical practice
• Participate in an annual appraisal in accordance with Trust policy
• A willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national levels e.    Policy, Planning and Management

The appointee will be responsible for the leadership of his/her team as appropriate within the specialty. Specific leadership responsibilities for areas of the service will be agreed on an individual basis and will be detailed in the postholder’s job plan.